Ofsted schedule
‘Hold on tight… It’s a faster ride on the outside,’ Shouts the lead HMI are she grabs the Waltzer rail and sends you spinning into a haze that was your inspection. Seriously, I do not know where the two days went. …
Ofsted joint feedback
From what I have read, it would be fair to summarise that the 2012 framework is built upon achievement and teaching, after all if a school has satisfactory achievement, it would be difficult to argue that teaching is good. Consequentially, it is essential …
An idea borrowed
I have been watching, following from afar, a PE colleague who is mixing it up, in a very interesting and engaging way for his GCSE PE classes. In a nut shell he is using a blog to post to share information …
Vulnerable position
To say that you are ready to learn something is admitting you don’t know it all – that’s a vulnerable position to take. Even when you are in the middle of an Ofsted no notice inspection, there are distractions. The …
Being Ofsted ready
The two day, no notice Ofsted inspection has been full throttle from start to finish. From the call, to staff briefing, to SLT meeting. It is an intense schedule for both the school and the inspectors, and preparing that schedule is a logistical …
2pm Ofsted calling
It really is a leadership moment when you announce to your staff body that Ofsted will be joining us for briefing tomorrow morning at the end of another busy day. I wrote the above introduction during a short break after the …
Spoonful of ideas
Two topics and thirty minutes on a Sunday evening with #SLTchat provides more than a spoonful of ideas. SImply, tweeters vote up top two topics which are then thrown to the wolves. You can, of course, follow the hashtag live or catch up via the archive Storify.com/SLTchat. Why not …
Dystopian English
Look hands up, before I started this post apocalyptic, dystopian creative writing gig to get my lacklustre students writing, I didn’t even know what ‘dystopian’ meant, I have @jamesmichie to thank for that. It starts with the hot (if ageing) …